Before we get too far down the road on this 1968 Chevrolet Camaro coupe, let’s admit something: There’s really nothing worth saving here. This car is rotted from pillar to post, including the B-pillar, trunk, and quarters. The engine appears to have been pulling duty as an anchor, and it’s a rusty hulk sitting in the bay. There are no images of the integral frame or floors, probably because they would remind buyers of the Lennon lyric, “Above us only sky,” because that’s what you’d see when you looked up from the ground through the holes.
So why is it for sale? Same old reason—we’ve been here before—which is that it can donate a VIN to an aftermarket body (legal in many states). Perhaps that’s what creates the enthusiasm the seller exhibits when he says, “Just recently rescued from the forest!” Yet note a spot of trouble—the seller says the Camaro does not have a VIN # or title. You get only a bill of sale, but check out the crucial words that he adds: “cowl tag intact.” You Camaro people will kindly step in in the comments and tell us what that cowl tag might reveal. There’s an image of it attached here for you, and it looks like it has the VIN, so where’s the VIN number if not there? And why does he suggest it to be missing? Do you get what you need in this deal to title this re-body?
If you buy this car, what are the possibilities? Probably not to re-create what this was born as, which is a 250-CID 6-cylinder, 3-speed manual grocery getter. But who knows what nostalgia trip the next owner might be on? Maybe he’s got his aunt’s stripper 6-banger in mind, the one that got her to her Bridge Club or Ladies Auxiliary meetings. Most Barn Finders would go an order hotter than that, of course, dropping in at least 302 cubic inches of something, and maybe much more. Starting from scratch, you can do anything your imagination and budget conspire to get you to do.
Thanks to Russell Glantz for this interesting tip on a car that’s viewable here on ebay. The seller has it priced as a buy-it-now for $3450 or best offer. I’m thinking that the best offer out there is going to ease that decimal point leftwards. Let’s try it for ourselves: $345. Sound about right? Maybe not, as a handful of people have this one on watch lists and might well decide to act before the Tuesday cut-off. If you’re the winner, you need to go pick up your data plate, I mean VIN plate, I mean the whole car, in Warminster, PA. And should your plan be to do a resto and get this car back on the road, be sure to explain your plans and budget to us in the comments. The steering wheel looks useable, after all.
Before we all wear out our keyboards on what this is, we have to remember, certain cars, due to TV hype, are simply worth more than others today. Take the ’68 Camaro for example. Not many cars get more attention than a ’68 Camaro. For some, that equates into dollar signs for every similar vehicle, regardless of condition. This is one of those cars. It sat in the “forest”( yeah, right) for lo these past 40 years, pa’s “shootin’ car”, and now, since clearly this is the bottom of the barrel, is all that’s left. To some, that makes this valuable. I remember cars like this still driving around, but if anyone has any intention of restoring this, they can’t possibly be thinking clearly.
There is no vin or title, so I don’t see the point of the sale. Nothing really of value here, may be wrong but who wants a 6 cylinder 3 speed cowl tag? Amazing what a circus!
Maybe $3…?
It should of stayed in the forest!! 😂
No, should not have stayed in the forest. I’m glad that he pulled it out. Now, he needs to take the next step and take it (or have it taken) to the crusher.
The VIN # you need is on the lower left corner of the dash viewable through the windshield. I don’t think the cowl tag has the complete VIN #
Finally a ’68 Camaro I can afford!
Previously owned by Forrest Gump!
To be restored from ground-up!
Won’t last long!
Ah, I got million of ’em!
Should say free to good home!
This place is maybe 5 miles from me, but still not close enough to go look at, for the obvious reasons. Why someone spent the money to haul it anywhere is beyond me.
This is not the bottom of the barrel. Pick up the barrel and look under it.
It does have a proper steering wheel!
$3450? Hope does spring eternal.
Wow it still has the original radio! Look at that rust even on the hood latch. Do you get a hood with the deal. I see the jack on the trunk
Man I’m still chuckling over some of the comments; special kudos to Dan H. And I thought my ‘70 Camaro was a rust bucket when I donated it to the local high school shop class in 1998. I even got a hoot out of the EBay ad. They will be happy to help you load it on a trailer. I bet they will! Especially if you are deranged enough to hand them the asking price. I mean what a sweet deal: two bumpers and a steering wheel! Happy birthday, America. Let capitalism reign.
Amen, brother, and the freedom to do such silly things, USA, USA!!!
$34.50…my final offer…
Make that “tree-fiddy”…
Judging from the amount of rust on the roof, and how much of the roof has rotted away and missing, this thing is practically a convertible!!! Now, we ALL know here on Barnfinds that convertibles are worth MORE than hardtops!!! Perhaps that explains the price?
Where’s the car? I don’t see one.
Let’s see. A new body and a parts car for the frame and suspension. Then just about every other piece on the car. I do see one problem though. Finding a parts car. Judging from the crap people are selling as “restorable” these days, there are no more parts cars. Just projects.
Gone before it goes.
$3450? Did I lapse into a coma? Is it April 1? What is there of value here? Who wants a cowl tag from a 6-cylinder Camaro? No VIN? Where did it go? Did the metal around it rust away and it fell into the dash? Even if the VIN is in there somewhere, does anybody care? Why am I asking so many questions? Am I an old-school soap opera announcer? These and other questions will be answered on the next episode of “As the Rust Bucket Turns.”
No such thing as a car without a VIN in the last 50+ years. Even if you hack out the VIN tag, originally visible through the windshield on the drivers side, the number is stamped in various locations on the vehicle. By design, many of these locations are only known to law enforcement/licensing officials.
Cowl tags are available aftermarket.
I was going to say how much it weighs determines what it’s worth for scrap- except the scrapyard won’t take it without paperwork- and your Bill of Sale on the back of an envelope ain’t gonna cut it.
If I remember correctly, the reason serial number is not on cowl tag is because fisher technically owned the body until it was assigned a serial number by GM.
Does it come with a shovel and a broom to collect all of it at purchase or do I have to bring my own? Looks like it has been sitting where it is now for a while. When this sale is all over, someone please welcome this poor person back to earth and provide them with a dustbuster and a box of contractor bags so they can get rid of the car one week at a time.
Worth a hundred dollars for junk
Put it on display along side of Miss Belvedere.
Poor Camaro. Part it out. I’ll take the…
Junk!!
What’s next? Birth certificates? I need a new chassis low rust will do. Can’t blame a guy for trying.
Without a VIN, it’s only worth scrap value! $100.00, tops! Everything else you need, including a body, driveline, subframes and interior can be bought brand new, but until it has a VIN it can’t be titled or registered!
I’m guessing the bumper jack is on the trunk lid because it fell through the trunk floor …
Its a total rat-bag for sure , but the bumpers look good as does the grille . Remove those, the steering column and the brake/clutch pedal assembly and theres still about $200 in scrap there – If someone got it for $500 just for those parts I’d say it was worth it.
What’s your time worth Don? By the time you drag this thing home (gas towing) remove the wanted parts an haul the carcass away (more gas towing) you are upside down. Buying milk is cheaper than buying the cow for it.
Frog – IF I was close to where the car was , and IF I needed said parts, I’d pay the seller , remove the parts I wanted, and then call a local scrapper to haul it off. Unless I was really close , then I’d haul it home and do the same thing .
Putting it simply…what a shame.